A MOST UNUSUAL SILVER GILT RECTANGULAR MIRROR WITH FINELY MODELED NEOCLASSICAL ORNAMENT

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Of gilt and silver leaf finely modeled composition. The cavetto cornice with acanthine decoration rests on a compartmented frieze with repeating inverted fans and harebell swags flanked by paterae all on a red velvet ground. The paired uprights with ribbon carved frames enclosing red velvet panels set with a miscellany of applied classical ornament. The whole resting on a giltwood molded stepped base. Minor losses to ornament to be reinstated.